Cucumber Savoury

Ingredients

• a moderate sized cucumber
• one tablespoonful of cheese
• one of bread-crumbs
• a little chopped parsley
• chives
• pepper
• salt
• butter
• one tablespoonful of cheese
• teaspoonful flour
• teaspoonful butter
• half a teaspoonful of mustard
• little pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Pare and scoop out the seeds of a cucumber.

2. 2

   Stuff cucumber with cheese, bread-crumbs, parsley, chives, pepper, salt, and butter.

3. 3

   Bake in the oven for half an hour.

4. 4

   Make sauce by stirring cheese, flour, butter, mustard, and milk in a saucepan until thick.

5. 5

   Pour over cucumber, cover with bread-crumbs, brown, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes (1891) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CUCUMBER {SAVOURY). Pare and scoop out the seeds of a moderate sized cucumber. Grate one tablespoonful of cheese, one of bread-crumbs, a little chopped parsley, chives, pepper, salt, butter. Stuff cucumber and bake in the oven for half an hour. Have sauce made thus: one tablespoonful of cheese, teaspoonful flour, teaspoonful butter, half a teaspoonful of mustard, little pepper and salt

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